Fernando Gomez

Fernando Gomez (1745-) was a General of the Spanish Army who was a veteran of the Plains Indian Wars.

Biography
Gomez was born in Mexico to a Spanish criollo (pure-blooded Spanish) family. A member of the upper caste of the Spanish society, he commanded their army in northern Mexico in their campaign against the Apache and the Plains Nations, and conquered the Apache Territory in the 1790s. He had a large army, preventing any attack on the city by the Indians of the Great Plains.